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[Fernando77]

Hello

It took a while but finally my new aquarium was ready.

House of Wall-e:

Total capacity of the aquarium: 380L (87 gallons).

Capacity used: approximately 360L (82 gallons).

Substrate bottom: slate boards.

Filtration: Eheim 2080XL
Mechanical Filtration - 1.5 liters foam (prefilter) + one basket with a thin foam JBL 30 ppi.
Chemical Filtration - 2x 100ml purigem
Biological filtering - 5 liters of bio-glass mini + 2 liters of bio-glass Siporax

Heating: Eheim Jager 250w thermostat

Lighting: 1 14W Repti Glo 5.0 - 38cm / 1 Sun Glo - Neodymium Daylight Lamp 40W


380l 3 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


380l 8 - Basking por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


380l 9 Pseudo-Flora por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


380l 1 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


380l 2 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


Wall-e 2 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


Wall-e 1 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr


Wall-e 3 por 10 Fernando 10, no Flickr

[steve]

Looks very nice, you did a great job on the tank. How far away is that UVB light?

[Fernando77]

The distance between the UVB-lamp and the floor of the basking area is 44cm.

[Gracie Turts]

how far away is the UVB to the basking spot?

44cm= ~17 inches

[steve]

Then it could be a little closer. Maybe have the bulb roughly 10-12" (25-30cm) away from the main basking area.

[Gracie Turts]

sorry i meant to clarify the numbers...
i was asking @Fernando77 "how far away is the UVB to the basking spot?"
cause i think fernando77 misinterpreted your question.

[Fernando77]

Hello friends

I have a small problem in my new tank, my turtle is afraid to go up the area for basking. It is only in the submerged ramp to head out of the water looking for the bulbs. I've tried putting food on the basking area. She climbs the ramp all frightened, grabs the food and rushes into the water again.
Can anyone help me?

Note: Since the correct height of UV-B. Now the lamps UV-B and UV-A are 22cm from the basking area.

[steve]

Move the basking lamp closer to the ramp... let the warmth entice him. Also, leave some food up there and make sure he knows he has to go up there to get it.